DAILY READINGS: Judges 1 to 2:5; Isaiah 21 to 22:14; 1 Corinthians 1
Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them. Deuteronomy 7:11
The men took of their victuals [food], and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD. Joshua 9:14
The Gibeonites deceived the Israelites because they had shut God out of their plans. Their mistake and its consequences are written for our learning. One of our Lord’s titles is Counsellor. Do our defeats help us to learn reliance on His counsel, and prepare us for future victories over spiritual enemies? May the Lord help us to always ask counsel of the Lord to avoid the pitfalls of Satan. —V. Markle
O Hope of ev’ry contrite heart! O Joy of all the meek!
To those who fall how kind Thou art! How good to those who seek!—J. Dykes